December 23rd, 2011
Turns out there wasn’t quite as much time before Christmas as I’d initially thought and my plans for making everyone and their neighbour a bevy of sweet treats was left somewhat unachieved.
It seemed possible at first, two or three recipes a week until the BIG DAY, but then life happened. Wonderful, laughter drenched (rain drenched) life!
Parties. Catch ups. Lunches (oh lordy me the lunches…) Picnics in the rain. Post-dinner conversations huddled in blankets.
…continue reading chocolate compost clusters
November 7th, 2011
So cauliflower season has come and gone. Which is a fair pity because it was only the other day that I came across this set of photos from a time long past.
It was Winter then, with a capital W. Way back when cauliflower’s squeaky, crumbly, albino, brain-like florets were in such plentiful supply that our local fruit-and-vegetable-ery sold it by the pre-deconstructed punnet.
…continue reading sour smoky grilled cauliflower
September 11th, 2011
Tell you what, internet, I’ve missed you.
Oh I know, you’re probably thinking I say that to all the new-ish technology that’s about these days (and you probably have every right to) but you know what, I did. Truly. More than I ever expected.
It certainly wasn’t intentional. I mean, nobody starts a blog with the intention of leaving it untended and utterly neglected for the better part of a season (where did Winter go?) but then I had this string of absolute kitchen failures. Things got burnt. Ingredients were left out or too much was thrown in. For a while, everything tasted like soy. And whilst family and friends were not all that fussed either way, I was.
…continue reading shaved brussel sprouts
August 18th, 2009
I was so enamored with Miss Chu the first time I went (the eatery, as opposed to the person, though she seems lovely) that I had to try it again – just to see. To make sure it was the food that had me bouncing off walls and grinning at passers-by, and not just the euphoria that comes with being let out of the office and into the sunshine on a Friday. Poor Geoffers (and for some reason, he’s always referred to as Poor Geoffers whenever lunch is the topic of conversation) had missed out last time, and so plans were made. The agenda this time? To try as much of the rest of the menu as we could in one sitting. The outcome? Well…
…continue reading miss chu (part 2)
August 17th, 2009
It all started with a call from M. “There’s this place here, in the paper, that we need to go to. See what you can find out about it.” I was hesitant. If it’s in the papers, it’s usually been done to death… and I was looking for a quiet lunch spot. An undiscovered mecca of deliciousness mixed with a quirky aesthetic and an immediately likeable concept. “Err… I dunno.” I responded. “Look.” said he “I’ll send you the link. Some Strode guy said it’s his favourite place to get rice paper rolls, and the only other place in the article I want to eat at is in Vietnam ok?” Well then! And so, “We’re going.” said I. “Friday. 12:30. Lock and load.” …continue reading miss chu (part 1)
